GRE Word List
ENIGMA
something hard to understand or explain
The meaning of the word enigma is something hard to understand or explain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| lampoon | satire |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |